1. This site has a free registration. Here you will find lesson videos illustrating the Common Core key shifts, videos of teachers discussion their lessons, editable lesson plans, quality instructional resour4ces, PD on assessing the quality of resources, and links to other great websites.
2. The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.
3. The National Humanities Center website provides lessons tailored to meet CCSS using primary sources and text-based writing. It is also a great website for professional develop opportunities.
4. The National Writing Project focuses on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners. The site contains resources to aid in CCSS-aligned writing and research.
5. This website created by Student Achievement Partners includes lessons, student writing samples, assessment questions, curricular tools, strategies for differentiated instruction, and professional development modules. In addition the website includes the theoretical and research framework for CCSS.
6. The Literacy Design Collaborative equips teachers with the tools, training, and necessary foundation to implement CCSS. It includes peer-reviewed exemplar lessons aligned with CCSS.
Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.